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presher: musiwa i want to write an article about u so get ready

ifyalways: If only elections are won on TV or online . . .

naptu2: The next debate holds on Thursday October 31st, 2013 at the Women Development Centre, Awka.

The first session is from 10am-12 noon. The second session is from 4pm-6pm.

It is being organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and DAAR Communications.

It will be shown on the AIT, ABS and Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) networks.

All the candidates are expected to participate.

[size=14pt]Anambra 2013: 23 governorship candidates set for debate[/size]

October 11, 2013 by Emmanuel Obe, Awka.

THE Nigerian Election Debate Group has concluded arrangements to host the 23 candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the November 16 governorship election in Anambra to a public debate.

Addressing the pre-debate press conference in Awka on Thursday, the Chairman of NEDG, Chief Taiwo Alimi, said the group had already met and discussed with the political parties fielding candidates for the election.

NEDG has representation from the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria; Nigeria Guild of Editors; Nigeria Union of Journalists; Alliance for Credible Elections; Nigerian Bar Association; National Coalition of Youth Professionals; and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

“The debates are designed to present to the Anambra State electorate the opportunity to have firsthand information on the plans of governorship candidates and the strategies of implementation before a radio and television audience,” Alimi said.

He said the debates, which would include the running mates to the candidates would be issue-driven and each candidate would speak on a number of identified areas germane to state development and the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.

Alimi said October 22 had been chosen for the debate of the deputy governorship candidates, while the governorship candidates would square up against one another on October 29.

The grand finale of the debates, which Alimi said would involve those picked by an opinion poll among voters, would hold on October 31.

Alimi said that the debate would hold at the Women Development Centre, adding that the audience would not be allowed to cheer or jeer the debaters.

He assured that NEDG was not receiving any support from government, both at the national and state levels. Alimi, however, said the NEDG was being supported by the UNDP, the National Democratic Institute, the National Orientation Agency and INEC.

Major candidates in the election include Senator Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress, Willie Obiano of All Progressive Grand Alliance and Nicholas Ukachukwu of Peoples Democratic Party.

silent don: I just wonder why this thread with a brilliant and original idea was closed. It does not make sense at all and the mods should give a viable reason for the close or open it back with an accompanying apology.

https://www.nairaland.com/420672/building-modern-odua-city-osunondo

naptu2: ♪Here we come again,
In another style.
Ah this a one is a rat race style.

Here we come again,
It is not just another song.
Rat race style is a crucial style.

We coming live and direct.
Just to make you feel irie.
Wo this a Christ time style e,
Come make we listen to the lyrics.



They don't feel any guilty.
They keep selling their guns for you to die.
To make the world so hot,
For no reason every season,
What a shameless race,
Jah knows,
Where they really heading to♫

OCTAVO: Does anyone remember "I need someone" by Kris Okotie? I love the song too

ik4life: I must commend you 4 your efforts so far,thank you we all appreciate it

blink182: I do not see anything wrong in calling a kid a kid. That is the problem with recent generations, showing respect to your elders is a big problem. Once you grow a beard, get an enlarged peni.s and start touching brea.st, you think everyone ought to be your mate and respect you. Nowadays you find a jss 1 kid walk past sss3 block and greets only if he feels like it. In my time, you won't even dare walk past jss3 in that manner.

Back to the issue, songs from the 70's and 80's hold a lot of memories. It is not about just being evergreen, Nigeria was a different country then and the memories locked with it. For example, there was no dstv, internet, even local TV stations were scanty-all I had was nta Benin that started broadcasting 5pm daily, the turn table that was connected to our denon deck and audio cassettes.

There's a strong degree of nostalgia for that time and very little can be done to change that.

warrenweste: So funmi adams sang omo lera aye? Ididnt knw o ..and the regent tht sang batami is princess olubunmi ajobu...she died of strange undisclosed ailment in 2008 how sad,her daughter has taken over now but nt as good as her mom nad do u av any vide cassete or audio or knw anytn abt funmi adams?

[size=14pt]Ngige, Obiano Disagree over Anambra’s IGR Profile[/size]

27 Oct 2013

By Charles Onyekamuo 


All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the November 16, governorship election in Anambra   State,  Senator Chris Ngige, and his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, in the same election, Chief Willie Obiano, at the weekend sharply disagreed over the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile of the state.

While Ngige said that the state’s IGR has nose-dived from the about N400 billion annually during his 34 months stint as governor to between  N 300 and N350 billion in the last seven years plus of the APGA administration in the state, Obiano said it has improved to about N 600 billion. The occasion was the Anambra 2013 governorship debate organised for candidates of political parties participating in the election by Silver Bird Television (STV) at Emmaus House Awka, the Anambra State capital at the weekend.

Besides, the  two other  candidates who participated in the debate included Prof. Ogochukwu Akanegbu of the United Progressive Party (UPP) and Barrister Godson Okoye of the United Democratic Party (UDP).

Ngige, who was answering    a question on what will be his source of generating funds internally outside allocation from the Federation Accounts traced all the revenue windows open to the state through which he said he was able to raise the state’s IGR profile to over N 400 billion yearly and pledged to create more windows.

He said he only earned about N 100 billion from the federation account in all his budgets as Governor and was able to tar about 120 kilometres of durable roads in 34 months, up graded and equipped hospitals and got about 13 courses accredited at the state owned University by the National Universities Commission (NUC) as against the over N3 trillion he allegedly said was collected by the Peter Obi administration, yet was not able in the last two years to complete the tarring of Onitsha – Atani road that would have taken just six months to execute.

OAM4J: Well done Naptu2. Good job!

gbanikiti: I haven't even viewed that thread since you opened it,but I guess some sycophants and Obi apologists would have had a filled day on the thread.

gbanikiti: I just finished watching the repeat broadcast of the anambra governorship debate. I am very proud and happy the way Ngige presented his points and answered questions thrown to him.

I loved the way he used the biblical reference to answer question concerning the Okija shrine saga. At least the matter has been laid to rest.
And his marriage being in shambles,he let the moderators and the audience know the true state of his marital status.
Could you believe his kids are undergraduates of nigerian universities? Isn't it something to be proud of? He said he also feels the impact of the strike because his kids are affected.

Ngige is definitely the right man for the job of anambra governor. He's been there before and knows what anambra people want.
I wish him victory in the forthcoming elections.

Up Ngige!

Up APC!

ifyalways: Btw, Naptu, good job. Well done